Words

ፈትሐ

fätḥä verb

to loose, to judge

ፍትሕ, judgement, and the Fətḥa Nägäśt take their name from this.

Letter by letter

  1. ፈ fä
  2. ት tə
  3. ሐ ḥä

Each is one consonant in one of its seven vowel orders — see the syllabary, where you can also type it.

Root

ፍትሕ the three consonants this word is built on — Gəʿəz fits them into different patterns to make related words